Tremors Spread Panic as Turkish Quake Toll Rises
In eastern Turkey the death toll neared 812 with Bingol’s ruins strewn by tremors. Troops and volunteers aided survivors in aid centers and mobile clinics as Premier Erim praised relief work. Many villages remain unreachable and houses of sun-dried brick failed to withstand aftershocks.
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Cam Ranh Bay Attack Blows Up Large Aviation Fuel Tanks
Viet Cong sappers hit Cam Ranh bay base blowing six tanks containing 142 million gallons of aviation fuel. Two Americans injured. Six hours later mortars fired at the base with no casualties. U.S. commanders say fuel loss could power 850 helicopters for a day. Additional clashes and regional fighting reported across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia with multiple casualties.
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Laotian Defense Ministry
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Plain of Jars
Phou Pha Sai
Vientaine
Virginia reapportionment challenge goes to first round loss
A four judge federal court ruled the Justice Department's objections to Virginia's legislative reapportionment were delivered within the 60 day review period. The decision, by Judge Albert V. Bryan, ends Virginia's initial challenge as the state seeks corrective action before the June 8 primaries.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Linwood Holton
U. S
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Andrew Miller
General Assembly
Police hunt killers of Israeli Consul General in Istanbul
Turkish police target a young married couple Neomi and Iskay Demir and seven students as suspects in the killing of Israeli Consul General Ephraim Elrom. Martial law may be extended in multiple provinces as a 15 hour curfew aids the house to house search underway after Elrom was found shot in an upscale district.
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Turkey
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Elrom
Neomi
Iskay Demir
Ertugrul Kurkcu
Yusuf Kupeli
Nihat Erim
Gold Meir
Former Sen. Dodd dies of heart attack at 64
Former Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut, censured in 1967 over campaign fund use, died at 64 in OLD LYME. He collapsed at home after a quiet evening. Dodd, a gun control advocate and anti-Communist crusader, had a long political career and last ran as an independent in 1970.
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Lowell P. Wicker Jr
Joseph Duffey
Connecticut
British Consul Kidnapped in Rosario Argentina
The Revolutionary Army of the People abducted Stanley E. M. Sylvester 58 a director with Swift meat packing. Police hunted suspects as the group declared he would be in the hands of popular justice linking the act to a 1969 leftist killing. Local authorities launched wide manhunt and pledged all measures to free him.
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Rosario
Argentina
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Revolutionary Army of the’People
Luis Norberto Blanco
Swift Meat Packing Company
Santa Fe
Revolutionary Army
Walk for Development raises about ten thousand dollars
About 462 walkers and 14 runners completed Winchester’s 25.1 mile Walk for Development raising an estimated $10,000 for hunger relief low-cost housing and a one room schoolhouse. Funds are split among a local housing project Ambato Ecuador and the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation.
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Winchester- Frederick County
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Ecuador
American Freedom From Hunger Foundation
Harry S. Truman
WALK
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Tragic Yugoslav Jet Crash Kills 75 Holidaymakers
A Yugoslav charter TU134 jetliner crashed while landing at Rijeka airport on the Adriatic. Sixty five or more British tourists perished with a Yugoslav family of three, while the crew survived with minor injuries. The disaster, worst in Yugoslavia since 1966, occurred as rain and overcast conditions met a faulty left wing break before the craft rotated and burned. Survivors described chaotic moments and a lone passenger helping others to exit before the plane was engulfed.
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Soviet Union
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London
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Adriatic
Jrajko Sarajcic
Yugotaurs Agency
Sarajck
Festival Dates Set for May 5 and 6
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival executive committee unanimously chose Friday May 5 and Saturday May 6 as the dates for next year. Festival President Ben B Dutton Jr said the event was very successful this year and good weather could draw even larger crowds.
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Ben B. Dutton, Jr
Governor Holton to Visit Lord Fairfax Community College
Governor Linwood Holton and his Budget Advisory Board will tour Virginia on a round-the-state trip. At Lord Fairfax Community College Dr William McCoy says the governor is due at 9 15 a m for about 30 minutes with college budget requests to be presented this afternoon as part of the system wide budget.
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Linwood Holton
Lord Fairfax Community College
William McCoy
Community College
McCoy
Virginia Weather Outlook Sees Cloudy Skies and Showers
An eastward moving low pressure area increases clouds across Virginia with a chance of showers tonight mainly in western sections. The system could bring light rain and cooler temperatures as it passes.
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